River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-08
WISCONSIN NEWS.

DIR. S S. Judd, for a quarter of
century a leading practitioner of James
vile, died ofhemorrhageo of the stomach
de was born in Connecticut in 1929.
and hrst settled in Ohio where he mar
red, IN 1850, his first wife at Warren;
his second marriage took place in 1870.
Soon after the beginning of the war be
was commissioned surgeon of the 2nd
Ohio Cavalry. In his Wisconsin home
he was prominent in local affairs and
President of the State EcleCt { Medical
society. at the head of which school he
stood He Is survived by his wife and
8 married son and daughter.
State Treasurer Harshaw's Yacht.
Carrie Morgan, has arrived at Madison
where twill be placed in the waters of
Lake Mendoza. The Carrie Morgan was
built by Robert Brand in Oshkosh in
1877. for Judge Burnell. and is un-
doubtedly the fastest yacht in the state
Out of .hirty-tive races she has won
twenty-nine, and has captured the Ian
caster prize, which is now in the
possession of Judge Burnell.
A prominent Milwaukee lawyer tells
a snake story that is UNIQUE. to say the
least. As he was walking through a
meadow near his,country home not long
since. he observed two snakes curled
around each other. aud leasurely slid
ing along. Having a natural dislike for
snakes he picked upa stick and struck
at tie II. killing one The other crawled
on few steps. then rolled over on its
back. The action on its part attracted
the lawyers closer attention, MI upon
examination he found that ii had no
eyes. The position in which he found
them was then explained, and the
lawyer saw with regret that it, com
panion had evidently been guarding it.
He killed it also, and now coufe,ses
that his concience pricked him all day
for the deed.
At the Wisconsin Industrial fair nj
Racine, the attraction one day was
public marriage in the presence of > 900
people for the prize of bedroom set.
A platform was erected in front of the
grand stand and the contracting parties.
Jabez Beresford and Miss Mary Webb.
of Antioch, H., took their positions
Justice John H. Heyor performed the
ceremony. The ministers of the city
were OppOsd to what they termed max
ing travestry of a solemn service aud
were unwilling to act. Although the
situation was an embarrassing one the
couple passedthrough the ordeal credita-
bly, They were accompanied by
| large delegation from Antioch.
In the circuit court for Winuebago
county Judge Burnell denied the appli-
cation of Mr.. Verbeck for an injuacti0n
to restrain the town treasurer of Me
nasha from paying any money on the
| Wisconsin Central railroad bonds, the
issue of which, it is claimed, was void.
Verbeck, as citizen of the town of Me-
nasha, applied, through his attorneys,
to have the town treasurer prohibited
from paying any money 10 X. NJ. Scott.
The plaintiffs attorney Immediately
gave notice of appeal to the supreme
court. The aggregate value of the
bonds amount to $50.
Mrs. Ketchum, aged 81 years died at
Merton under such circumstances that
a coroners inquest was held and YER
dict returned that her death was caused
by means of poison administered 10 her
by some person unknown u the jury.
The motive for the crime is a matter of
conjecture only.
Gus Chaintron. of West Bend, re-
ports that the cranberry marshes are
| looking extremely well, and that IN
dications point to a fine crop. Mr..
Chaintron is the only cranberry pro-
Queer who employs steam locomotives
in traversing his marshes.
A Tomahawk correspondent saws
there are now at that lace 100 people.
twelve buildings and seven saloons.
There has been no drouth there.
The enterprising city of Menasha has
just issued a very neat pamphlet setting
forth its trade, industries and induce
ments it offers to capitalists in conse-
quence of its superior advantages rs
manufacturing point. The pamphlet
contains well executed eugrayings of
the principal buildings and industrial
establishments of the place, aud views
of the picturesque features of the
country and lakes in the vincity.
Owing to the heavy losses sustained
by the Phoenix Insurance company at
Hurley and other places in northern
Wisconsin during the past spring and
summer, all policies in Door county
have been cancelled. The report Of
the company shows that the capital Of
81 900, 900 was on the 5ist of last
December impaired nearly ,uinety -ei@ht
| thousand dollars, and Oh the ] It of July,
1887, the capital had been impaired
1885, SOP.
| A man by the name of Fred Minis.
at work in b. +. Jones saw mill. in the
town of Weston. Marathon coanty, was
struck i'm the stomach by Slab thrown
from saw and fatally injured
A. Evans. of Norway Ridge, vas
found dead by the side of the road near
Tomah, with his neck broken. Every
thing indicated that As Evans was drv-
ing along the road his buggy struck "a
a root which runs into the road. and
he was thrown out upon hi. head. His
death was apparently instantaneous.
He had been drinking
The body of August Rcdi~ky was
| IOuilu Oll AilC Niiitft.ts +'Att ~ fiitff'N ~
st. Paul TRACK, one mile south of the
station at Lake. Milwaukee county. Tho
body had been dragged about 200 feet
and was frightfully mangied.
In dance house at Wausau David
johnson became drunk and quarreied
with the female inmates. They pounded
him till they thought he Wa dead, then
put him in a buggy and turned The
horse loose and urged it into "a ran.
johnson was thrown ont AMI cDn-laera-
bly, injured. He will recover.
The Wausau Light guard viii eu'er
the competitive drill to be- hcilin Chica
90 in October.
The state board of super, sion has
ordered warrants drawn f0r the pay
ment of August expenses "a the several
state Institutions under its control rs
follows:
State hospital for the insane. -.-...-S--l,. -
Northern hospital for the insane ib.52 ,@i
School for the deaf ..-.....- .....,-.2 2. i@b5S
School for the blind ....... ...--...'-.ts' y
Industrial school for boys -.-.-.--.o ,,1s,ss
State prison. -----4 'to-at
State public school. ...-..-.... 20 so
Total. .sI6.3J9,g9
A house ut Waukesha belonging 10
Adolph Estberg and occupied ~ Mrs.
Rose HINT for laundry uUrpDSa- was